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Elements on UNESCO Lists
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Kuresi in Kazakhstan
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Kushtdepdi rite of singing and dancing
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Lum medicinal bathing
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Sbuâ, annual pilgrimage to the zawiya of Sidi El Hadj Belkacem in Gourara
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Algeria, inscribed in 2015
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Tradition of kimchi-making in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, inscribed in 2015
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Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), inscribed in 2015
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Tugging rituals and games
sitting tug of war in Cambodia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, and Viet Nam
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Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in China, inscribed in 2009
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Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Madagascar, inscribed in 2008
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Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long song
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Mongolia – China, inscribed in 2008
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Taquile and its textile art
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Peru, inscribed in 2008
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Royal ancestral ritual in the Jongmyo shrine and its music
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Republic of Korea, inscribed in 2008
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Ichapekene Piesta
festival in San Ignacio de Moxos, Bolivia
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Al ‘azi, elegy, processional march and poetry
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Craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics
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Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet
ritual musical performance in the Buddhist monastery of Wat Svay Andet on the Mekong river in Cambodia
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Međimurska popevka
folk song in Croatia
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Vite ad alberello of Pantelleria
viticultural practice in Pantelleria and intangible cultural heritage
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Turkish bird language
whistled language in Turkey’s Eastern Black Sea Region – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2017
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Kamablon of Kangaba
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Mali, inscribed in 2009
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djéguélé
balafon of the Senoufo communities
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singing accompanied by gusle
Singing to the accompaniment of the Gusle – a simple string instrument – is an ancient art of performing primarily heroic epics practised for centuries as a form of historical memory and an expression of cultural identity.
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Sada Shin Noh
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Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties of JapanTools
Tchiloli
living theatre of Sao Tome and Principe in the quest of justice
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Darangen
Maranao epic poem from the Lake Lanao region of Mindanao, Philippines.
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Kwagh-Hir
Nigerian Tiv people cultural art
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Coaxing ritual for camels
coaxing ritual performed by Mongol herders to encourage a female camel to accept a new-born calf or to adopt an orphan – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2015
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Mapoyo oral tradition and its symbolic reference points within their ancestral territory
oral tradition of the Mapoyo community along the Orinoco River in Venezuelan Guayana – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2014
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Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya
traditional celebratory performance among the Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2014
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Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda
healing ritual of the Lango of central northern Uganda for a male child believed to have lost his manhood – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2014
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Ebru, Turkish art of marbling
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Turkey, inscribed in 2014
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Classical horsemanship and the High School of the Spanish Riding School Vienna
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Austria, inscribed in 2015
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Bagpipe culture
Bagpipes belonging to traditional instruments, as well as entire bagpipe culture comprising expressions and knowledge associated with bagpipes and their use, represent a long continual music tradition of peasants and shepherds who lived in Slovakia.
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Fichee-Chambalaalla
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Ethiopia, inscribed in 2015
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Ví and Giặm folk songs of Nghệ Tĩnh
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Viet Nam, inscribed in 2014
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Traditional art and symbolism of Kelaghayi, making and wearing women’s silk headscarves
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Azerbaijan, inscribed in 2014
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Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Malawi, inscribed in 2014
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Ritual dance of the royal drum
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Burundi, inscribed in 2014
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smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Estonia, inscribed in 2014
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tradition of carpet-making in Chiprovtsi
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Bulgaria, inscribed in 2014
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Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Niger, inscribed in 2014
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Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Mongolia, inscribed in 2014
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Pujllay and Ayarichi
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), inscribed in 2014
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Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Greece, inscribed in 2014
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Nongak, community band music, dance and rituals in the Republic of Korea
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Republic of Korea, inscribed in 2014
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Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda
naming system practised by the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2013
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Annual pilgrimage to the mausoleum of Sidi ‘Abd el-Qader Ben Mohammed (Sidi Cheikh)
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Algeria, inscribed in 2013
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Celebrations of big shoulder-borne processional structures
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Italy, inscribed in 2013
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Kimjang, making and sharing kimchi in the Republic of Korea
kimchi making
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Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Štip
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, inscribed in 2013
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Limousin septennial ostensions
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in France, inscribed in 2013
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Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Kyrgyzstan, inscribed in 2013
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Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg communities of Algeria, Mali and Niger
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Algeria – Mali – Niger, inscribed in 2013
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Xooy
Serer divination ceremony
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Khawlani Coffee Beans
type of coffee bean that grows in the Khawlan region of Saudi Arabia and Yemen
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maksym
traditional Kyrgyz beverage
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Nuad Thai, traditional Thai massage
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Daemokjang
style of traditional Korean wooden architecture
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sega tambour Chagos
type of Sega music of Mauritius, with origins in the Chagos Archipelago
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Byzantine chant
music genre
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Avalanche risk management
intangible cultural heritage of Alpine residents
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zorkhana
national dance in Azerbaijan
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Traditional hand puppetry Al-Aragoz
old form of Egyptian theatre using traditional hand puppetry – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2018
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Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region
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Raiho-shin, ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes
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Qiang New Year Festival
traditional event of the Qiang people of China’s Sichuan Province
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Budima
type of dance
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The art of glass beads
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